Major General George H. Sharpe and the Creation of American Military Intelligence in the Civil War by Peter G. Tsouras ISBN 9781612006482, 1612006485 instant download

Major General George H. Sharpe and the Creation of American Military Intelligence in the Civil War by Peter G. Tsouras ISBN 9781612006482, 1612006485 instant download

Sharpe is celebrated as one of the most remarkable Americans of the 19th century. He built an intelligence organization (The Bureau of Military Information – BMI) from a standing start beginning in February 1863. He was the first man in military history to create a professional all-source intelligence operation, defined by the U.S. Army as “the intelligence products, organizations, and activities that incorporates all sources of information, in the production of intelligence.” By early 1863, in the two and half months before the Chancellorsville Campaign, Sharpe had conducted a breath-taking Intelligence...

About the Author: Peter Tsouras is a retired analyst of military all-source intelligence for the U.S. Government (National Ground Intelligence Center and the Defense Intelligence Agency). He is also a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve and has written 30 books on military history and alternate military history as a military historian and biographer.